Colorado CarShare started in Boulder in 1997 as “The Little Red Car Co-op”. Since then we have remained focused solely on serving our neighbors in the Denver/Boulder area. We are proud to be an institution that contributes to making Colorado the best place to call home.
We are Colorado’s first, only – and one of the nation’s longest running – nonprofit carshare org’s working to make a positive impact on the environment and local residents’ health, wealth and community.
The organization was incorporated as a Colorado nonprofit on August 28, 1998. Approval by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) entity came on April 3, 2006 (See our most recent 2020 Boulder CarShare 990 Tax Return). Boulder CarShare rebranded in January 2009 as eGo CarShare as we expanded service to the City of Denver. In March of 2009 eGo CarShare placed its first three cars in Denver, and in the fall of 2009 eGo CarShare received its first significant outside funding from a CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality) grant to aid in its expansion to core Denver neighborhoods.
Since then we have been adding new locations through partnerships and another round of CMAQ funding, which has allowed us to start adding carshare vehicles in close proximity to B-cycle (Denver & Boulder’s bike sharing systems) stations to create multimodal hubs. These hubs allow members to “right size” their transportation. They can choose to walk, bicycle, B-cycle, jump on the bus or light rail, or grab a carshare car depending on their need.
In 2020, we rebranded again as Colorado CarShare to better reflect our roots and continued focus on Colorado.
We are Colorado’s first, only – and one of the nation’s longest running – nonprofit carshare org’s working to make a positive impact on the environment and local residents’ health, wealth and community. Our core values include: